Nicholas Bennett

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Nicholas Jerome Bennett (born 7 May 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician.

Bennett was Member of Parliament (MP) for Pembrokeshire from 1987 until 1992 when he lost the seat to Labour's Nick Ainger. Bennett was a junior Welsh Minister from 1990 to 1992.

Educated Sedgehill School, Polytechnic of North London (BA), Institute of Education (PGCE), and University of Sussex (MA); worked in educational publishing, 1974; Schoolmaster, 1976-1985

Conservative Councillor, London Borough of Lewisham, 1974-1982;(Leader of the Opposition 1979-81; contested St Pancras North, 1973, Greenwich by-election, 1974, and GLC elections (Hackney Central), 1979; Member of Education Committee, Inner London Education Authority, 1978-1981

Conservative MP for Pembroke, 1987-1992; Member, Select Committee on Welsh Affairs, 1987-1990, and the Select Committee on Procedure, 1988-1990; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State, Department of Transport, 1990; Vice Chairman (Wales), Conservative Backbench Party Organisation Committee, 1990; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office, 1990-1992; contested Pembroke, 1992, and Reading West, 1997; Member, Further Education Funding Council for England (FEFCE), 1992-1997; Advisor on public affairs, Price Waterhouse, 1993-1998; JP, South West Division, Inner London; Chief Executive, Association of Consulting Engineers, 1998-2002. MD of Kent Refurbishment LTd 2003-. Lecturer on World War Two, Poland and Germany since 2006.

In 2006 Bennett was elected to the London Borough of Bromley as a councillor for the West Wickham ward.

[edit] References

• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1992
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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[edit] Offices Held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Nicholas Edwards	Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire 1987–1992	Succeeded by Nick Ainger